Posterior fontanelle

Posterior fontanelle

Skull at birth, showing frontal and occipital fonticuli
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Identifiers
Latin Fonticulus posterior
TA A02.1.00.029
FMA 75440

Anatomical terminology

The posterior fontanelle (lambdoid fontanelle, occipital fontanelle) is a gap between bones in the human skull (known as fontanelle), triangular in form and situated at the junction of the sagittal suture and lambdoidal suture. It generally closes in 6–8 weeks from birth. A delay in closure is associated with congenital hypothyroidism.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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